Vemma’s Version: Business Foolishness in the Extreme Blog Vemma’s Version: Business Foolishness in the Extreme Upon reading the transcript of the Sept. 15 court hearing re Vemma, which conveys the most unusual meanings that Vemma attributes to such common terms as customer, business opportunity, and…
Vemma Facing Judicial Inquiries in Europe Consumer News Vemma Facing Judicial Inquiries in Europe Nutrition supplement affiliate marketing company facing scrutiny overseas.
AdvoCare Class Action AdvoCare Allegations: Operating a pyramid scheme and luring distributors into the scheme by telling them they can achieve financial success
What You Should Know about Nerium Consumer News What You Should Know about Nerium Find out where the company is crossing the line when it comes to marketing claims.
Former FTC Economist’s Response & Thoughts on Vemma Blog Former FTC Economist’s Response & Thoughts on Vemma Getting to the bottom of affiliate vs. customer.
Cash-Gifting Tables Scheme Under Scrutiny Consumer News Cash-Gifting Tables Scheme Under Scrutiny Federal officials continue to investigate case in Conn.
What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Consumer News What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2017 Blog TINA.org’s Year in Review 2017 When it came to keeping ads honest in 2017, TINA.org was plenty busy.
Herbalife And Its Distributors Face RICO Complaint Consumer News Herbalife And Its Distributors Face RICO Complaint Lawsuit against Herbalife claims attending events is a losing strategy.
WakeUpNow Put to Sleep: Closes down U.S. Affiliate Operations Consumer News WakeUpNow Put to Sleep: Closes down U.S. Affiliate Operations Company says former CEO is to blame for its failure.
Herbalife: ‘I Thought I was Going to Make it Big’ Consumer News Herbalife: ‘I Thought I was Going to Make it Big’ Former distributor says a class-action settlement isn’t going to help a majority of recruits who lost money.
TINA.org Objects to Jeunesse Settlement that Snubs Consumers Consumer News TINA.org Objects to Jeunesse Settlement that Snubs Consumers TINA.org breaks down unfair and inadequate MLM settlement by the numbers.
AdvoCare Brands AdvoCare TINA.org investigated AdvoCare as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims…
Women Sentenced in Gifting-Table Scam Consumer News Women Sentenced in Gifting-Table Scam Gifting-table scheme leaders face jail.
Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Consumer News Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Over 200 million people in the U.S. are now Internet users. Many of our daily activities – reading the news, watching movies, paying bills, buying products, and even catching up…
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Monster Energy Car Wraps Ad Alert Monster Energy Car Wraps Fake check scam targets TINA.org reader. She’s not the only one.
Internet Crime Complaint Center Consumer Basics Internet Crime Complaint Center The Internet Crime Complaint Center’s self-proclaimed mission is to “serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime.”